Peter Sotos Quotes
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well. The 20 percent is just the queen aspect that factors in. But for me, it's life as usual, and it's just taking care of my family.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand.
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I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.
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The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.
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The world is rapidly getting 'Ahmadinejadized,' if I'm allowed to make a joke. (20 November 2006)
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You can't separate a house from a family. It's a living, breathing home.
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I try to keep my heart and myself available for those little, 'God moments,' are what I call them, where someone calls the office and says, 'Would Ricky be interested in doing this?'
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I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life.
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I can cook anything.
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I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.
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You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.
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I used to almost not look forward to recording, because it was like, 'Okay, what am I going to have to sacrifice?'
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Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens.
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I put God first and do not allow other things to cloud my vision.
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There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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By the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a born draftsman and liked all forms of art, so I just knew that's what I wanted to do.
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I internalise things. My sorrows and joys are private.
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I'm not trying to do conceptual art.
